Cosmological Dynamics

TL;DR

This paper provides lecture notes on cosmological dynamics, covering mechanics, fluid dynamics, dark matter, and perturbation theory, serving as an educational resource for understanding the fundamental aspects of cosmology.

Contribution

It compiles comprehensive lecture notes on key topics in cosmological dynamics, including methods and theories, based on E. Bertschinger's lectures, offering a valuable educational resource.

Findings

Introduction to elementary mechanics in cosmology

Explanation of Eulerian and Lagrangian fluid dynamics

Overview of relativistic cosmological perturbation theory

Abstract

This is a set of lecture notes basd on the lectures on cosmological dynamics given by E. Bertschinger at Les Houches in August 1993. The contents include elementary mechanics in cosmology, Eulerian and Lagrangian fluid dynamics, hot dark matter, and relativistic cosmological perturbation theory. To typeset the notes one must first obtain the style files and figures in file figmac.uu sent separately. Place all the files in one directory, run latex three times, and run dvips or equivalent to produce a postscript file.